Daniel Avery Whedon, Rev.

A graduate of the Wesleyan University, at Middletown; presiding elder of the Chenango (N. Y.) district of the Methodist conference; transferred to the southern New England conference and stationed at Providence, R. I.; delegate to the ecumenical conference at London in 1880; trustee of Wesleyan University; a voluminous and impressive author and long regarded as one of the ablest writers of Methodism. A writer in Zion's Herald (Boston) said that a characteristic picture of him "should have him standing with the Discipline in his hand, bringing round a conference to his point of view."

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 561-2

Rev. Daniel Avery Whedon, a Methodist Clergyman, is the son of Hiram & Margaret Whedon. He died at 82y, 5m, & 4d. His cause of death is old age. E.G carpenter was the physician. the indertaker was C.G. Hill.

Source: Death record-sent edits based on record

His mother was Margaret (Avery) Whedon (1799-1831).

He married three times -- 1) Mary Lyman Jones, 2) Martha Jones, and 3) Helene Myers.

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Parents:

 Hiram Whedon (1798 - 1880)

Sibling:

 Daniel Avery Whedon (1823 - 1906)

 William Wesley Whedon (1829 - 1907)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Juniper Hill Cemetery Bristol Bristol County Rhode Island, USA

Created by: T.V.F.T.H. Record added: Sep 09, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 116817789